The shape of Italy on the map is often compared to a long boot.

地图上意大利的形状常被比喻成一只长靴。

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Although the time required to boot Linux has shrunk over time, expectations are still that it takes too long.

虽然引导Linux所需的时间已经逐渐缩减，但是还是有人认为引导时间过长。

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Theoretically, you can use a machine of any OS platform and architecture, as long as it implements the required protocols, as a boot server or installation server.

从理论上说，可以使用任何操作系统平台和体系结构的机器作为引导服务器或安装服务器，只要它实现了所需的协议。

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For participants of the Entrepreneurs Challenge, getting up on a Sunday morning and attending the day-long Boot Camp was the beginning of that long journey.

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And from there the top 16 went on to Silverstone, England for a week-long racing school boot camp.

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If the Eyjafjallajokull plume had been as risky as it first appeared and long-lived to boot, such interconnectedness would undoubtedly have provided ways to keep Europe supplied, though probably at substantial cost and with a fair bit of lasting disruption.

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